[vsnet-alert 18445] Re: PNV J18365700-2855420: possible nova (6.0 mag) in Sagittarius

[walcom77]

A wide-field colour image of Nova Sagittarii 2015 No. 2 is available here:

http://tinyurl.com/kcr87sg

Details are on the caption.

Full wide-field frame with the nova at the center is available here:

http://tinyurl.com/ls2tdur

With kind regards,

Ernesto Guido
http://remanzacco.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/comets77

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 2:53 PM, walcom77 <walcom77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Following the posting on the Central Bureau's Transient Object
> Confirmation Page about a possible Nova in Sgr (TOCP Designation: PNV
> J18365700-2855420) we performed some follow-up of this object.
>
> Info and images:
>
> http://bit.ly/1DrWTXE
>
> On our images taken on March 16.5, 2015 we can confirm the presence of
> an optical counterpart with R-CCD magnitude 5.8 at coordinates:
>
> R.A. = 18 36 56.85, Decl.= -28 55 40.0
> (equinox 2000.0; UCAC-4 catalogue reference stars).
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Ernesto Guido & Nick Howes
> http://remanzacco.blogspot.com
> http://twitter.com/comets77